BIB_ID
306041
Accession number
MA 2889.36
Display Date
1860 Jan. 29.
Credit line
Purchased, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Queen Marie-Amélie to her grandson the Duc d'Alençon. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund in 1970.
Summary
Announcing that the Comte d'Eu [Gaston d'Orléans] was bestowed the Cruz de San Fernando; being a transcript of a brief military report from the Gobernador Militar de Cadiz to the Duc de Montpensier, concerning a battle in Africa on 23 January. Followed by a note stating that the report was received in Madrid late in the day on 29 January. Signed by the Jefe de Servicio in Madrid, Juan Saveo (?).
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